Open AccessPulmonary artery sarcoma: Another cause of sudden death
Author(s) -
Waller Bruce,
Varriale Philip,
Chryssos Basil
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960140213
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , pulmonary trunk , syncope (phonology) , sudden death , sarcoma , pulmonary artery , trunk , cause of death , cardiology , distant metastasis , metastasis , radiology , pathology , cancer , disease , ecology , biology
patient hospitalized for recurrent syncope and dyspnea died suddenly before a definite clinical diagnosis could be established. At autopsy a large sarcomatous mass (undifferentiated type) was found to arise and totally occlude the pulmonary trunk without evidence of distant metastasis.